Monarch On Asters

Title

Monarch On Asters

Artist

Paul Rebmann

Medium

Photograph - Photograph

Description

A monarch butterfly on and surrounded by Elliot's aster flowers.

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A striking butterfly of sandhills, wet prairies, gardens and disturbed sites throughout Florida. Can be seen year-round in south Florida, and typically from March to October in the northern portions of the state. The range extends from southern Canada through Central America and most of South America. Monarchs are also present in Australia, Indonesia, Hawaii and other Pacific Islands.
The North America population is renown for the multi-generational migration. Three generations of butterflies that live only two to six weeks will travel north during the summer, mating and reproducing along the way. A fourth generation lives nine months and will migrate back south to central Mexico or the California coast for the winter where huge numbers can be found roosting in trees. Some monarchs will overwinter along the southeast Atlantic and Gulf coasts, and tropical populations make altitude changes during the seasons instead of migrating.
Danaus plexippus is a medium-large to large butterfly with orange wings having wide black borders with white spots and veins.
(Species description from the artist's Wild Florida Photo website www.wildflphoto.com)

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October 30th, 2015

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